And the term ends Dec 2025 for certain 6 justices.
Just sayin….
johnnieswalker on
Too bad 6 of the 9 justices and a whole political party don’t feel the same way.
DiarrheaMonkey- on
A lot of reforms could be accomplished just through legislation, but not term limits. Whether it’s retirement age or a term limit the Constitution is very clear that they serve for life or until they resign (though there is a means of removing them, almost identical to that for removing a president). So bottom line, term limits are one reform that would require a Constitutional amendment, and thus ain’t gonna happen in the foreseeable future.
bleachinjection on
When the Constitution was written, people didn’t routinely live to be 90+ and the ones that did were not in any condition to do these kinds of jobs.
A 20 year term limit seems like an entirely sensible revision.
thiosk on
I back term limits for Supreme court in a way i don’t for senate or house.
avoiding geriatric candidates polls well, but I think this issue is often used by the GOP as a sword of damocles they would love to use to expunge individuals they don’t like without a fight. theres always another college republican in a tight suit to take their place, they don’t really care if grassley terms out.
but for the supreme court there is no mechanism to remove anyone. at least voters can vote to replace people in congress
A_l_e_a_h on
Americans need more education about the court and why it was stuck at 9, that’s all.
A_l_e_a_h on
Er. Can only serve for one lifetime? Ah… 18 year term rather than life appointment. I guess I”m used to “term limit” referring to number of terms not definition/duration of a term but I guess it works.
1nGirum1musNocte on
Term limits for *every political position*
Pokenar on
The problem is a lot of systems made when the US was created, assumed the people would elect people with good faith, it just failed to consider a liar with good charisma.
Famous_Elk1916 on
Americans on their precious amendments is ridiculous and has led to so much shit in the modern world.
These amendments were written hundreds of years ago for a different age, and for a population with problems relevant to a new country.
Alib668 on
Most Americans can’t read the Constitution
ArtLover357 on
Fake poll
GmaSickOfYourShit on
This is why it’s critical that the Democrats take the House while keeping the Senate.
(among many other reasons, but reform of Supreme Court is the key to a host of other things)
autotldr on
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.axios.com/2024/09/13/supreme-court-term-limits-ethics) reduced by 46%. (I’m a bot)
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> Most Americans support term limits, mandatory retirement and a formal ethics code for Supreme Court justices, according to a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
> State of play: The Supreme Court did not have its own code of ethics until last year, and those guidelines have no enforcement mechanisms or external oversight.
> Breaking it down: 69% of people in the Annenberg survey support a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices, and 68% endorse term limits for the justices.
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And the term ends Dec 2025 for certain 6 justices.
Just sayin….
Too bad 6 of the 9 justices and a whole political party don’t feel the same way.
A lot of reforms could be accomplished just through legislation, but not term limits. Whether it’s retirement age or a term limit the Constitution is very clear that they serve for life or until they resign (though there is a means of removing them, almost identical to that for removing a president). So bottom line, term limits are one reform that would require a Constitutional amendment, and thus ain’t gonna happen in the foreseeable future.
When the Constitution was written, people didn’t routinely live to be 90+ and the ones that did were not in any condition to do these kinds of jobs.
A 20 year term limit seems like an entirely sensible revision.
I back term limits for Supreme court in a way i don’t for senate or house.
avoiding geriatric candidates polls well, but I think this issue is often used by the GOP as a sword of damocles they would love to use to expunge individuals they don’t like without a fight. theres always another college republican in a tight suit to take their place, they don’t really care if grassley terms out.
but for the supreme court there is no mechanism to remove anyone. at least voters can vote to replace people in congress
Americans need more education about the court and why it was stuck at 9, that’s all.
Er. Can only serve for one lifetime? Ah… 18 year term rather than life appointment. I guess I”m used to “term limit” referring to number of terms not definition/duration of a term but I guess it works.
Term limits for *every political position*
The problem is a lot of systems made when the US was created, assumed the people would elect people with good faith, it just failed to consider a liar with good charisma.
Americans on their precious amendments is ridiculous and has led to so much shit in the modern world.
These amendments were written hundreds of years ago for a different age, and for a population with problems relevant to a new country.
Most Americans can’t read the Constitution
Fake poll
This is why it’s critical that the Democrats take the House while keeping the Senate.
(among many other reasons, but reform of Supreme Court is the key to a host of other things)
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.axios.com/2024/09/13/supreme-court-term-limits-ethics) reduced by 46%. (I’m a bot)
*****
> Most Americans support term limits, mandatory retirement and a formal ethics code for Supreme Court justices, according to a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
> State of play: The Supreme Court did not have its own code of ethics until last year, and those guidelines have no enforcement mechanisms or external oversight.
> Breaking it down: 69% of people in the Annenberg survey support a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices, and 68% endorse term limits for the justices.
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How did anyone think lifelong terms were a good thing in the first place?
Most Americans support sensible rules of this land. However because of the Electoral College, the minority rule. Abolish the Electoral College.